There was a tense two-hour standoff on a cul de sac in the Camelot neighborhood earlier this month between police and an armed man who 9-1-1 callers said had been blocking traffic along Cummings Way.

The first Ruidoso Police officer to arrive on the scene on March 4 found the man sitting in his parked black pickup truck. He ignored instructions to come out.

The officer called for help, and before the incident had ended there was further backup from the New Mexico State Police and Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, including a negotiator.

The officers surrounded the truck but did their best to stay out of sight, while the negotiator used a loudspeaker to try to talk the man out of his truck.

Eventually he emerged, and police moved in quickly but carefully to take him into custody. During the pat-down they found a baggy containing a white substance that turned out to be methamphetamine. There was also “a white light bulb with the silver end cut away that could be used for ingesting meth.”

The man had stepped out of the truck with nothing in his hands except the keys to the vehicle, but inside police found a Dickinson 12 gauge shotgun with several rounds of ammunition.

Officers summoned EMS to do a “mental evaluation” on the man. He refused to answer any questions, so he was taken to the Lincoln County Medical Center for a physical examination and then booked and jailed.

Jeremy A. Netsinneh of Mescalero was charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and resisting or obstructing a police officer.